The United Kingdom will provide £41.5 million in bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Pakistan for the year 2023-24, with a focus on accelerated family planning, girls’ education, and revenue mobilisation, investment and trade, a statement from the British High Commission in Islamabad said.
According to the statement issued on Tuesday, the new Pakistan Country Development Partnership Summary (CDPS), published by UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, set out a refreshed approach to the UK-Pakistan development partnership.
The new CDPS shows an indicative ODA budget of £133 million pounds for the financial year 2024-25. “The strategy underlines UK’s transition from a traditional aid relationship to a UK-Pakistan partnership for mutual benefit. It aims to unlock progress against Pakistan’s constraints to growth including population dynamics, climate vulnerability, gender equality and the structure of the economy,” it added.
